Be aware that many street names exist in different variations in different communes. Example: there is a large Avenue Charles Quint (Dutch: Keizer Karellaan) on the west side of Brussels (in 1083 Ganshoren). Since this avenue is well-known, as opposed to our modest Rue Charles Quint (Keizer Karelstraat), visitors, taxi drivers, deliveries etc. may be tempted to go there – warn them. Another potrntial source of confusion: some roads continue through different communes with the same name, but numbering that may or may not start afresh along the way. One prominent example is the Chaussée de Louvain that stretches between Place Madou over 15km to the village of Erps-Kwerps (sic!).
ISO address standard makes sense and is demanded by Belgian authorities:
- Name
- Street and number (in that sequence, no comma)
- 1000 Bruxelles (Belgium is one of the last EU countries to have four-digit postcodes)
For historic and administrative reasons, our neighbourhood has the same 1000 postcode as the city center, neighbouring communes are 1030 Schaerbeek, 1040 Etterbeek, and 1210 Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode.